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Aircraft And Military Development & Applications
Military Nation Spending Listing 2019
Countries Spending The Most on their Military Spending
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10. Korea, Republic
- Military expenditure (2017): $39.2 billion
- Military expenditure as a % of general government expenditure (2017): 12.1% (#16 among countries)
- Military expenditure per capita (2017): $761 (#13 among countries)
Tensions between South Korea and its northern neighbor shaped much of the Republic's defense policy—and budget since the Korean Peninsula was divided at the end of the Korean War. A significant portion of the budget proposed in 2018 has been earmarked for efforts to increase cooperation between the two countries. President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed the Panmunjom Declaration after a summit in April last year and committed to halt in hostilities and denuclearization, though that goal remains elusive.
31. Mexico

- Military expenditure (2017): $5.8 billion
- Military expenditure as a % of general government expenditure (2017): 2.2% (#124 among countries)
- Military expenditure per capita (2017): $54,780 (#1 among countries)
Mexico's new left-wing president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, proposed increasing the military's budget as he kicked off his first term. Lopez Obrador sees a strong military as necessary to quell the increased violence Mexico has seen over the last several years. The military polices drug cartels in the country since corruption has left the police ineffective; some citizens, however, are uneasy with the idea of an open-ended police mandate for the military.